Examining differences in death rates for medicaid and non-medicaid nursing home residents

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 985-991

  Troyer, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid, outcomes; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKET; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; AGE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 6344293832     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200410000-00007     Document Type: Article

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